US 12,466,023 B2
Method of using accessories for oscillating power tools
Sarah J. Montplaisir, Kingsville, MD (US); David B. Lee, Baltimore, MD (US); Rachel A. Lombardo, Parkton, MD (US); Mark D. Miller, Jr., Fawn Grove, PA (US); and Kevin W. Covell, Parkton, MD (US)
Assigned to BLACK & DECKER INC., New Britain, CT (US)
Filed by BLACK & DECKER INC., New Britain, CT (US)
Filed on Jul. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/378,440.
Application 17/378,440 is a continuation of application No. 16/234,705, filed on Dec. 28, 2018, granted, now 11,097,396.
Application 16/234,705 is a continuation of application No. 15/351,513, filed on Nov. 15, 2016, granted, now 10,207,385, issued on Feb. 19, 2019.
Application 15/351,513 is a continuation of application No. 14/013,065, filed on Aug. 29, 2013, granted, now 9,539,647, issued on Jan. 10, 2017.
Application 14/013,065 is a continuation of application No. 13/826,374, filed on Mar. 14, 2013, abandoned.
Application 13/826,374 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/362,637, filed on Jan. 31, 2012, granted, now 9,186,770, issued on Nov. 17, 2015.
Application 13/362,637 is a continuation in part of application No. 12/942,098, filed on Nov. 9, 2010, granted, now 8,925,931, issued on Jan. 6, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/664,454, filed on Jun. 26, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/622,894, filed on Apr. 11, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/329,480, filed on Apr. 29, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2021/0339356 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. B24B 23/04 (2006.01); B23B 31/10 (2006.01); B24B 45/00 (2006.01); B27B 5/32 (2006.01); B27B 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC B24B 23/04 (2013.01) [B23B 31/10 (2013.01); B24B 45/006 (2013.01); B27B 5/32 (2013.01); B27B 19/006 (2013.01); Y10T 279/18 (2015.01); Y10T 279/33 (2015.01); Y10T 279/3451 (2015.01)] 10 Claims
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1. A method of using an oscillating accessory with one or more of a plurality of different oscillating power tools, the method comprising:
alternatively coupling the oscillating accessory to a first mating geometry of a first oscillating power tool or a different second mating geometry of a second oscillating power tool, the oscillating accessory having a planar first top surface facing toward the oscillating power tools, a planar first bottom surface facing away from the oscillating power tools, a planar second top surface parallel to and spaced from the first top surface and facing toward the oscillating power tools, and a planar second bottom surface parallel to and spaced from the first bottom surface and facing away from the oscillating power tools,
wherein the oscillating accessory includes a central opening defined in at least one of the first top surface or the second top surface, a keyed sidewall disposed at least partially around the central opening and extending from the first top surface to the second top surface transverse to the first top surface and to the second top surface, the keyed sidewall including a plurality of wall portions that together form at least a portion of a twelve point star shape, and
a plurality of equiangularly spaced recesses defined in one of the first top surface or the second top surface, the recesses spaced apart from the keyed sidewall and not in communication with the central opening, and one of the first top surface and the second top surface extends radially inward from the keyed sidewall and the other of the first top surface and the second top surface extends radially outward from the keyed sidewall,
wherein coupling the oscillating accessory to the first mating geometry includes causing the first mating geometry to engage the keyed sidewall, and
wherein coupling the oscillating accessory to the second mating geometry include causing second mating geometry to engage the plurality of recesses.